suspicious
//səˈspɪʃ.əs//
Forms
- Comparative
- more suspicious
- Superlative
- most suspicious
Definitions
1.Arousing suspicion.
- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
- If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.
2.Distrustful or tending to suspect.
- We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
3.Expressing suspicion
- She gave me a suspicious look.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4717
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Old French sospecious
From Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.